UT football: Eligibility issues sideline McGee

AUSTIN — Texas tailback Vondrell McGee won’t play in tonight’s game against Wyoming because of “unresolved NCAA academic eligibility issues,” the Longhorns announced today.

McGee, a senior from Longview, has started seven games at UT but is now the team’s fourth-string running back and wasn’t expected to see extensive playing time against the Cowboys. He missed last week’s opener at Rice while serving a one-game suspension stemming from a drunken driving arrest last spring.

In a release announcing the eligibility situation, UT said McGee is enrolled in classes and is in “good academic standing.” He can practice with the team but won’t be allowed to play “until the eligibility issues are resolved.”